Mark Twain was a great writer. He was from the USA. He was born in 1835. He was also a famous speaker. He was famous for his sense of humor(幽默). Many people liked to listen to him talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time.
One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes(蚊子) in the town and told him that he'd better not go there. Mark Twain waved (摇动) his hand and said, "It doesn't matter. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine. I don't think they will come to visit me. "
After he arrived in the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry about that. "I'm very sorry, Mr. Mark Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town." One of them said to him.
Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, "The mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didn't come into the wrong room." What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.
But that night Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.
All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy and happy, and to live longer.
Many people like to watch others play games. They buy tickets or turn on their TVs to watch the games. Often they get very excited when "their" player or team wins.
Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them. Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers. What fun it is to jump into a pool or lake, whether in China, Egypt or Italy！And think of people in cold countries. Think how many people love to skate or ski in Norway or Canada.
Some sports or games go back thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese wushu, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet. People are inventing new sports or games all the time. Waterskiing is one of the newest in the family of sports.
People from different countries may not be able to understand each other. But after a game together they may become good friends. Sports help to train a person's character. One learns to fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace（风度）.
Spring is coming, and it is time for those about to graduate to look for jobs. Competition is tough, so job seekers must carefully consider their personal choices. Whatever we are wearing, our family and friends may accept us, but the workplace may not.
A high school newspaper editor said it is unfair for companies to discourage visible tattoos(纹身), nose rings, or certain dress styles. It is true you can't judge a book by its cover, yet people do "cover" themselves in order to convey certain messages. What we wear, including tattoos and nose rings, is an expression of who we are. Just as people convey messages about themselves with their appearances, so do companies. Dress standards exist in the business world for a number of reasons, but the main concern is often about what customers accept.
Others may say how to dress is a matter of personal freedom, but for businesses it is more about whether to make or lose money. Most employers do care about the personal appearances of their employees, because those people represent the companies to their customers.
As a hiring manager I am paid to choose the people who would make the best impression on our customers. There are plenty of well－qualified candidates, so it is not wrong to reject someone who might disappoint my customers. Even though I am open－minded, I can't expect all our customers are.
There is nobody to blame but yourself if your set of choices does not match that of your preferred employer. No company should have to change to satisfy a candidate simply because he or she is unwilling to respect its standards, as long as its standards are legal.
Before there was the written word, there was the language of dance. Dance expresses love and hate, joy and sorrow, life and death, and everything else in between.
We dance from Florida to Alaska, from north to south and sea to sea. We dance at weddings, birthdays, office parties and just to fill the time.
"I adore dancing," says Lester Bridges, the owner of a dance studio in Iowa. " I can't imagine doing anything else with my life. " Bridges runs dance classes for all ages. "Teaching dance is wonderful. It's great to watch them. For many of them, it's a way of meeting people and having a social life. "
"I can tell you about one young couple," says Bridges. "They're learning to do traditional dances. They arrive at the class in low spirits and they leave with a smile. "
So, do we dance in order to make ourselves feel better, calmer, healthier? Andrea Hillier says, "Dance, like the pattern of a beating heart, is life. Even after all these years, I want to get better and better. I find it hard to stop! Dancing reminds me I'm alive. "
A. So why do we dance?
B. Dance in the US is everywhere.
C. If you like dancing outdoors, come to America.
D. My older students say it makes them feel young.
E. I keep practicing even when I'm extremely tired.
F. Dancing seems to change their feeling completely.
G. They stayed up all night long singing and dancing.
I was walking home from school one day and it happened to be a particularly cold and windy day. It was1and I was crazy enough to forget my hat and scarf. You can imagine my cheeks were rosy red and my hands were as numb as they could be.
All of a sudden, an old lady 2 up beside me and asked if I would like a ride home. At first, I said it was OK and her 3 smile melted(融化) away the thought that I should never talk to strangers! We had an amazing chat and she was just 4 a good woman. She told me her address and she dropped me off.
I didn't see her or talk to her for about a month and one night as I 5 her kind gesture, I decided to return the favor. So, I made a lot of 6and walked down to her house with my friend. At first I was a bit 7 she wouldn't remember me or think that I was a bad man who poisoned cookies but luckily, I was 8 wrong. She was so happy, and she hugged me and kissed me and seemed so 9 that someone would do something like that!
When I got home my mom told me that the old lady 10 and told my mom on the phone that she 11 because she was so touched. She said she would never12the kindness that was given to her! That filled me with such 13！There really is nothing else joyful like helping14 and making someone's day 15！
"Life is precious…To a person nothing is more precious than their life, and if they entrust me with that life, how could I r that trust, saying I'm cold, hungry, or tired?" These words of Dr Lin Qiaozhi give us a look into the h of this amazing woman, and what carried her through a life of hard 68. c.
As a five-year-old girl, Lin Qiaozhi was deeply a by her mother's death. At age 18, instead of following the t path of marriage like the m of girls, she chose to s medicine. "Why should girls learn so much? Finding a good husband should be their f goal!" her brother complained, thinking of the high tuition f. She responded, "I'd rather stay s to study all my life!"
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Dear Peter,
I'm Li Hua, Chairman of the Students' Union.
